The domestic sheep its The domestic sheep : its culture and general management domesticsheepits01stew Year: 1900 218 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. Rule 9.—This last rule is to be understood to apply uot only to number, but to every other conditioji of the fioclv. 'Whenever the shepherd sees his sheep let him count them.' This includes a close examination of the condition as well as to the numbers. MR. J. E. WING'S BARN. Economy is always in order, and a cheap and com- modious barn for a small breeding flock, designed by Mr. Wing is here described and illustrated. It is a noteworthy commendation of th
The domestic sheep its The domestic sheep : its culture and general management domesticsheepits01stew Year: 1900 218 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. Rule 9.—This last rule is to be understood to apply uot only to number, but to every other conditioji of the fioclv. 'Whenever the shepherd sees his sheep let him count them.' This includes a close examination of the condition as well as to the numbers. MR. J. E. WING'S BARN. Economy is always in order, and a cheap and com- modious barn for a small breeding flock, designed by Mr. Wing is here described and illustrated. It is a noteworthy commendation of this design that it has been adopted by the Ohio Experiment Station. Pig. 6. Fig. 7. The posts, AA. are 8 feet tall, and in my barn will very probably be round white oak posts, set in the ground. They will not rot off in my , and when they do my boy can saw them off and set them on stones. The posts, BB, are ten feet high above ground. This differ- ence in height is made to allow a driveway through the building. This is not necessary in all cases, and it may be that J. R. D. will prefer to take in his hay at the end of the barn, and have his mow floor level, in which case the posts will all be of the same height. The plates, C C D, are of .1oist, 2x8, and are double, that is, one is notched in on each side of the post as shown at Fig. 6. These notches are cut just deep enough to leave 4 inches of wood and of space between the joists; the braces then pass up between the double plates and are firmly spiked to them. At the foot of the braces the. post
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